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Foul Species

  Despite my abiding love and compassion for all living creatures, there is one species that so consistently behaves contrary to hope and expectation that I must steel myself to regard it with a sour mixture of contempt and suspicion.  It has the healthy vigor of an opportunistic parasite, yet also demonstrates an unsettling propensity for self destruction, often turning upon itself.  It fouls its den area, wreaking havoc in a few short years that will remain evident for centuries.